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1) The women
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"'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively...
2) Cornelius
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"Cornelius isn't like other crocodiles. He likes to walk upright and do tricks that no other crocodile can! But his friends are not impressed. "So what?" they say when he demonstrates standing on his head or hanging from his tail. Cornelius is a bit disappointed at first... but things aren't always what they seem. And life on the riverbeach is about to undergo some big changes"--
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[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Pearl is an anglerfish who wants to read her book in peace, but the other fish will not leave her alone, so she goes deeper and deeper to the abyssal zone--but then she has no one to discuss the book with.
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c2011
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1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
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Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 13 fight Crossbones' efforts to destroy A.I.M. Then, Cap travels to Europe in search of his old partner, Bucky Barnes, but Crossbones and Sin are not far behind and Cap's newest enemy,General Aleksander Lukin, makes an appearance as well.
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[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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A renowned educator introduces readers to eighteen holidays, including Juneteenth, Mardi Gras, Holi, Lumbee Homecoming, Onam and Yom Kippur, with the help of a diverse group of kids in America who share how they celebrate all year long!
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Two mice--one big and one small--have a terrible problem. Little Mouse is looking for a story--they're in a book, after all!--and Big Mouse has to admit the truth. The story is gone. And (gasp!) he ate it. That is not okay with Little Mouse, who is all ready to hear a story and will settle for nothing less.
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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Following the journey of one book from printing to shipping to selling--and finally to reading--this brightly illustrated story helps readers understand how the very book they hold made its way around the world.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia's mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community -- an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly...
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"A child busy reading in a treehouse spots a family who seems to have just arrived on Earth for a picnic. The youngest member of the alien family holds a mind-bendingly strange object. Could it be a book from outer space?"--
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Maya loves books. She really wants to share what she's reading with other people. But her parents are too busy, and her big sister, Amanda, isn't interested. With encouragement from her librarian, Maya starts a book club. Will she find a way to show her friends just how much fun reading can be? Activity tips included. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
16) School trip
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New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
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"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--
18) Wildfire
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Pub. Date
2023.
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271 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon. She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destroyed her family’s home. In the aftermath, her family relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Julianna hopes to put everything behind her. Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks, she certainly isn’t interested when her parents and younger sister start...
19) Squished
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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243 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own room -- her own space to be alone and make art. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own...
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